Intercellular transport of Oct4 in mammalian cells: a basic principle to expand a stem cell niche?

BACKGROUND: The octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4) was originally described as a marker of embryonic stem cells. Recently, the role of Oct4 as a key regulator in pluripotency was shown by its ability to reprogram somatic cells in vitro, either alone or in concert with other factors. While...

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Main Authors: Hans J Rolf, Sabine Niebert, Marcus Niebert, Lena Gaus, Henning Schliephake, K Günter Wiese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281129?pdf=render